A company co-owned by Karl Lagerfeld, filed fraud charges against Hsiung Hsiu-hui (known locally by her stage name, Hsiung Hai-ling), 52, and her sister Hsiung Hsiu-chen.

Prosecutors charged them for endorsing a counterfeit product despite the fact that they had sold the rights to Lagerfeld's company Sunrex Sarl. The company co-owned by Lagerfeld and French physician, Jean Claude Houdret, for the popular slimming product, Spoon Light.